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First Division
17th of 22

Season 100 | 1988-89

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa First Team Squad

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Nigel Spink

Player #611
Goalkeeper
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |

8 August 1958

Chelmsford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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42

0

42

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60

5

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 267 | ✅ 266 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1

Lee Butler

Player #660
Goalkeeper
GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #658 |

30 May 1966

Sheffield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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5

0

5

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0

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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4

1

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Allan Evans

Player #594
Centre Back
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #594 |

12 October 1956

Dunfermline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1988-89
🕒

33

1

32

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0

🔁

1

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8

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 475 | ✅ 466 | 🔁 9 | ⚽ 59 | 🔥 14

Martin Keown

Player #638
Centre Back
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #638 |

24 July 1966

Oxford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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42

0

40

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2

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2

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 132 | ✅ 129 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 4

Derek Mountfield

Player #656
Centre Back
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #656 |

2 November 1962

Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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33

3

31

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1

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2

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3

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 33 | ✅ 31 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 1

Steve Sims

Player #647
Centre Back
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #647 |

2 July 1957

Lincoln 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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13

0

13

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0

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0

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1

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 47 | ✅ 47 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Darrell Duffy

Player #661
Defender
D Darrell Duffy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #661 |

18 January 1971

Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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1

0

1

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0

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0

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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Kevin Gage

Player #645
Full Back
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #645 |

21 April 1964

London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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37

7

36

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3

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1

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 88 | ✅ 87 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 12

Chris Price

Player #655
Full Back
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #655 |

30 March 1960

Hereford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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44

0

44

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1

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 44 | ✅ 44 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1

Bernie Gallacher

Player #643
Full Back
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #643 |

22 March 1967

Johnstone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1988-89
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10

1

8

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0

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2

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3

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 61 | ✅ 59 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2

Gordon Cowans

Player #582
Midfielder
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |

27 October 1958

West Cornforth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
🕒

42

2

41

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9

🔁

1

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🇺

1

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 400 | ✅ 383 | 🔁 17 | ⚽ 54 | 🔥 64

Paul Birch

Player #619
Midfielder
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #619 |

6 November 1962

West Bromwich 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
🕒

12

0

6

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1

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6

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6

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 188 | ✅ 173 | 🔁 15 | ⚽ 22 | 🔥 23

David Platt

Player #653
Midfielder
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #653 |

10 June 1966

Chadderton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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47

15

47

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4

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0

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 58 | ✅ 58 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 20 | 🔥 4

Stuart Gray

Player #652
Midfielder
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #652 |

19 April 1960

Withernsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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40

4

39

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1

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1

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2

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 60 | ✅ 58 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 1

Andy A Gray

Player #651
Midfielder
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #651 |

22 February 1964

London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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25

4

19

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5

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6

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2

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 46 | ✅ 40 | 🔁 6 | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 8

Mark Lillis

Player #649
Midfielder
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #649 |

17 January 1960

Manchester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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2

0

2

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0

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0

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2

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 38 | ✅ 37 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 2

Gareth Williams

Player #654
Midfielder
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #654 |

12 March 1967

Isle of Wight 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
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2

0

1

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0

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1

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2

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 3 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

David Hunt

Player #646
Midfielder
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #646 |

17 April 1959

Leicester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
🕒

1

0

1

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0

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0

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🇺

2

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 15 | ✅ 14 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0

Tony Daley

Player #633
Winger
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #633 |

18 October 1967

Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
🕒

38

6

33

🔥

3

🔁

5

🟨

🇺

3

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 124 | ✅ 97 | 🔁 27 | ⚽ 16 | 🔥 13

Nigel Callaghan

Player #659
Winger
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #659 |

12 September 1962

Singapore 🇸🇬

Singapore 🇸🇬

1988-89
🕒

16

1

15

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3

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1

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0

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Goalkeepers:
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Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 16 | ✅ 15 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 3

Ian Olney

Player #657
Forward
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #657 |

17 December 1969

Luton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
🕒

18

3

9

🔥

0

🔁

9

🟨

🇺

10

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 18 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 9 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 0

Ian Ormondroyd

Player #658
Forward
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #660 |

22 September 1964

Bradford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
🕒

12

1

9

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0

🔁

3

🟨

🇺

1

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Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 12 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0

Garry Thompson

Player #637
Forward
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #637 |

7 October 1959

Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1988-89
🕒

7

0

4

🔥

0

🔁

3

🟨

🇺

2

🟥

Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 73 | ✅ 69 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 19 | 🔥 8

Alan McInally

Player #650
Forward
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #650 |

10 February 1963

Ayr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1988-89
🕒

39

22

38

🔥

7

🔁

1

🟨

🇺

1

🟥

Goalkeepers:
🥅

Career to Date:

1988-89 🕒 71 | ✅ 62 | 🔁 9 | ⚽ 28 | 🔥 14

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
🏆
European Cup Winners: 1981-82
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European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

🏆 🏆
Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

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Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

🏆
Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

🏆
Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

🏆 🏆 🏆
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 

🏆
NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

🏆
Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
🏆
u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
🏆 🏆 🏆
u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
🏆
u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
🏆 🏆 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
🏆 🏆🏆
Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 🏆
Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
🏆 🏆 🏆
Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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